Self Defense in a Narcissistic World The New

Self Defense in a Narcissistic World explores in depth a new, basically unrecognized and highly prevalent everyday addiction: power trips. The disastrous consequences of this simple, but insidious, largely unconscious cultural and psychological phenomenon are candidly revealed by author Gerald Alper.

Gerald Alper, an internationally recognized psychotherapist, is the author of thirteen previous books

PREFACE

ix

CHAPTER ONE: EVERYDAY EXAMPLES

1

(68)

The Untouchable

1

(11)

Fighting The Enemy

12

(9)

Defensive Benefits From Demonizing The Enemy

21

(2)

And Baby Makes Three

23

(6)

God And Power

29

(11)

The Unreturned Telephone Call

40

(5)

The Letter

45

(4)

The Creation Of Nothing

49

(1)

The Dynamics

49

(2)

Benefits Of Creating Nothing

51

(1)

The Dynamics Of Saying No

52

(1)

Saying Nothing

53

(1)

The Dynamics

54

(1)

Examples

54

(2)

Doing A Hatchet Job

56

(1)

Paranoid Gratification

57

(2)

The Will

59

(1)

The Will as Object Relation

60

(1)

The Argument

61

(2)

The Argument As An Object Relation

63

(3)

The Denial Of Responsibility

66

(3)

CHAPTER TWO: THERAPY TRIPS

69

(48)

The Difference Of Power

69

(1)

The Patient

69

(1)

The Therapist

70

(2)

"I Never Thought Of You As A Man Before"

72

(6)

Turning The Tables

78

(2)

Abandoning The Therapist

80

(1)

Depriving The Therapist

81

(1)

"I'm From Missouri-Show Me"

82

(2)

"I Want A New Contract"

84

(1)

Not Relating

85

(5)

Examples Of Countertransference Traps

90

(12)

"I Don't Think I'm Getting Any Better"

102

(2)

To Use The Therapist

104

(2)

Therapist Power Trips

106

(1)

"This Is For Your Own Good"

106

(2)

"You Know, I Used To Be Just Like You"

108

(2)

Encountering Socrates

110

(2)

To Put The Patient In Their Place

112

(2)

Rejecting The Patient

114

(3)

CHAPTER THREE: STRATEGIES AND DYNAMICS OF POWER TRIPS

117

(32)

Characteristics Of Power Trips

117

(2)

Painting Someone Into A Corner

119

(2)

Hierarchical Relating

121

(2)

Example 1

123

(2)

Example 2

125

(4)

Example 3: The One Hundred Greatest Minds Of The Century

129

(2)

At Home With The Sopranos

131

(3)

Dynamics Of Intimidation

134

(3)

Traits Of Psychopathic Power Operations

137

(2)

Changing The Subject

139

(1)

Ways Of Changing The Subject

140

(1)

"Shut Up"

141

(3)

"Your Hair Is As White As Those Trees"

144

(5)

CHAPTER FOUR: THE WORLD WE LIVE IN

149

(48)

Trial By Jury

149

(9)

The Ultimate Power Trip

158

(11)

Postmodern Politics

169

(16)

The Fate of the Politics of Power and The New Millennium

185

(2)

September 11: Through The Lens Of A Psychotherapist

187

(10)

CONCLUSION

197

(2)

REFERENCES

199

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